Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums

LECTURE – Kirsty Robertson, Friday November 8, from 4 – 5pm at the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab, Concordia University. “Museums are frequently sites of struggle and negotiation. They are key cultural institutions that occupy an oftentimes uncomfortable place at the crossroads of the arts, culture, various levels of government, corporate ventures, and the public. Because of this,… Continue reading Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums

Speaking of Photography 2019-2020

LECTURE – Friday, November 8 at 6.30 pm in EV-1.605, Concordia University. Duncan Forbes, Getty Research Institute and 2019 Research Fellow, Canadian Photography Institute, Rethinking the Historical Subject of Street Photography: From Helen Levitt to Keizo Kitajiman. This talk investigates the “living ‘who’” of street photography, conceived in relation to others in the street and… Continue reading Speaking of Photography 2019-2020

Déployer la nature : De l’espace muséal au jardin

SYMPOSIUM – Session #3 of Hypotheses Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 5:30 pm in the Lounge of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, J.-N. Desmarais Pavilion, Level 2, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West. Léa Lanthier-Lapierre (Maîtrise, UQAM)Souvenance du Nord chez Charles Stankievech Ariel Rondeau (Maîtrise, UQAM)L’art contemporain dans les jardins du Québec : une étude comparative The discussion will be… Continue reading Déployer la nature : De l’espace muséal au jardin

Witnessing Memory: Activer l’image photographique

SYMPOSIUM – Session #2 of Hypotheses Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 5:30 pm in the Lounge of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, J.-N. Desmarais Pavilion, Level 2, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West. Philippe Depairon (Maîtrise, UdeM)Matérialité et mémoire. La pratique de Kazuma Obara en régime post-photographique Marco Meneghin (PhD, Concordia)Beyond the Picture: Film and the Remediation… Continue reading Witnessing Memory: Activer l’image photographique

Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty Symposium

On October 4th and 5th, 2019, the Musée d’art contemporain presents the 13th Max and Iris Stern International Symposium: Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty, organized by Wanda Nanibush, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Caroline Nepton Hotte, doctoral student and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Université du Québec… Continue reading Indigenous Women, Embodiment and Sovereignty Symposium

Discover the program for the 9th edition of Hypotheses Symposium Series

You are cordially invited to the launch event being held on September 11th, at 5:30 PM, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Lounge (1380, Sherbrooke West, level 2)! Please find, attached, the whole program. Hypotheses is an Art History symposium series, organized by and for graduate students from Quebec universities. Its goal is to promote and disseminate emerging research in the… Continue reading Discover the program for the 9th edition of Hypotheses Symposium Series